Local Hero Bruce Springsteen

[Verse 1]
I was driving through my hometown
I was just kinda killin' time
When I seen a face staring out of a black velvet painting
From the window of the five-and-dime
I couldn't quite recall the name
But the pose looked familiar to me
So I asked the salesgirl, "Who was that man
'Tween the doberman and Bruce Lee?"

[Chorus]
She said "Just a local hero"
"Local hero," she said with a smile
"Yeah, a local hero
He used to live here for a while"

[Verse 2]
I met a stranger dressed in black at the train station
He said, "Son, your soul can be saved"
Well, there's beautiful women, nights of low livin'
And some dangerous money to be made
There's a big town 'cross the whiskey line
And if we turn the right cards up
Well, then they make us boss, the devil pays off
And them folks that are real hard up